Ice-cream scoop



March 17, 1953 B. F. LAWRENCE E1-AL v2,631,551

ICE-CREAM SCOOP Filed May 4, 1951 ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 17, 1953 s PATENT OFFICE lICE-CREAM lscoor Y Bert F. Lawrence and Emma Ethel Lawrence, Portland, Oreg.

Application May 4, 1951, Serial No.224,504

l f 3 Claims. (Cl. 1074-48) This invention relates to ice cream scoops and is' particularly related to power driven scoops.

f The primary object of this invention is to designa driving mechanism between a motor and a revolving cutter associated with the bowl of an ice cream scoop, said driving mechanism consistingof a train Aof gears that can be disassembled easily for cleansing. Y

A further object'of this invention is the mounting of the scoop to the motor and supporting handle so that the scoop can be revolved to any angle in regards tothe handle and .motor in its operation, providing a scoop that can be used by either the right or left hand, or angles in between.

i ,Another object of the invention isthe provision Y 2 Figure 'is a perspective view of the adapter base for mounting the reduction gears to the lend, of the motor. c

Referring more specifically to the drawings: Our invention consists of mounting an iceA cream scoop I tothe motor 2 by way of the special gear reduction unit 3. The scoop or bowl I has a threaded boss 4 forming part thereof, best illustrated in Figure 6. A hollow tube 5 has an enenlarged housing 6 formed oni-ts one end, having its opposite end 'l adapted 'to enter the socket 8 of a drivingmechanism associated with ay handle that can be used to drive beaters, scrapers and other auxiliary equipment by a special attachment, for adapting the vsame to the said motor. These and other incidental objects will be apparent in the drawings, specification and claims.

. VReferring to the drawings:

f Figure 1 is a side view of our new and improved Figure 4 is a fragmentary endA sectional view,-

taken on line-Il-4o'f .Figure 1, illustrating the method of attaching the scoop mechanism to the driving motor and handle. Y t Figure 5 is av sideview of' a beater, illustrating the. adapter formountingthe same to the driving motor. Y

1 Figure 5A` shows another preferred form of gear assembly. (Figure 6 isyan enlarged sectional view of the scoop, the cutting blade and the driving gears.'

Figure '7 is a fragmentary view of the driving end of the motor, illustrating how the scoop assembly is attached to the motor and driven from the motor by a special reduction gear assembly. This View is taken on line 1-1 of Figure 8.

Figure 8 is an end sectional view, taken on line 8-8 of Figure 7, illustrating the driving gears and how they are mounted to the end of the motor.

Figure 9 is an enlarged fragmentary detail, taken on line 9-9 of Figure 6, illustrating the rotating cutter arms in relation to the scoop.

forming part of the gear housing 3, best trated in Figure '7 A thumb screw 9 is threaded within the hub 8, having its point I0 adapted to enter the cone shaped depressions II formed around the outer. periphery of the end 1 of the tube 5. The bowlV lj can be locked in any position relative to thehandle I2 inthe operation of the scoop by selecting any one of the cone shaped depressions I I by the thumb screw 9.

A base plate I3 is secured `to the end wall I 4 of the motor 2 by way of screws I5. The base plate I3 has spindles I6 forming part thereof and adapted to receive the reduction gears I1, YI8 and I9.' lThe gear I1 is driven from the pinionj20 keyedjto vthe motor shaft 2l. The gear Ij8 is adapted to be driven from the pinion 22 forming part of the gear Il, while the gear I9 is adapted to be driven from the pinion 23 lforming part of the gearA I8. 1 l i .-A stub shaft 24 is `adapted to be driven by the 'gear 25 keyed thereto, the said gear 25 -inv turn being; driven Afrom the pinion 26 ,forming part of the gear I9. The said stub shaft 24 is journalled within a bearing 21 located within the gear housing 3. We do not wish tobe limited to the exact -type of gear reduction used, although the one-,illustrated is admirably adapted to drive the shaft 28, which is journalled within the tube5 at 2'9 on its one end, and adapted toslide into' thesquared socket 30 of the pinion 3 l'at its opposite end. The hub 32 of the pinion 3I extends into the tube 5 andV acts as a bearing for the. pinion.4 il

A cross key 33, forming part ofl the bearing end 29 of the shaft 28, enters the cross slot 34 formed in the end of the stub shaft 24 for the purpose of imparting rotation from the said stub shaft to the shaft 28, best illustrated in Figure 7. A pinion 35, having its hub 36 journalled within the boss 4 of the bowl I, is driven by the pinion 3 I. A reduced threaded portion 31 extends from the hub 36 and is adapted to have the removable hub 38 threaded thereon as best illustrated in Fig- 3 ure 6. An ice cream cutting ring 39 is adapted to be rotated in relation to the bowl I by the arms 40, which form part of the hub 38 and are attached to the ring 39 at 4I by any suitable means.

In the operation of the scoop, the operator grasps the handle I2. A special enclosed switch 42 is compressed starting the motor 2, revolving the reduction gear assembly andthe stub shaft 24, which inY turn revolves the shaft-28, rotating the pinion 3|, pinion 35 and the cutting ring 39V relative to the scoop or bowl. cream permitting the bowl to easily enter intothe hard cream. The arms 40 are shaped as indicated especially in Figure 9 so that ltheir vedgesy 43 will cut through the ice cream.

The gears are made of such a material .as toinsure long wear without lubrication and they are enclosed in the housing 6. When it is desired to clean the bowl and driving gears, the operator grasps the bowl in one hand. and the. cutting ring 391inthe opposite hand unthreading. the hubi 38. from the hub 36 of the gear 35, removing thesame therefrom. Next he will hold the. housing G in one hand, graspingthe bowl. I inthe opposite hand-.unthreading the boss IfromA thehousing 6 by-way of the threads 44.. He can then invertthe bowl` dropping the pinion 3510ut of its bearing 45 forn cleansing. This will permit the pinion 3l to be dropped out of the housing 6.

On removing thetube from the socket 8 of the gear housing by loosening the thumb. nut. screw 9, the tube can be removed and theshaft 281dropped out of the said tube for cleansing. The partsofthe driving assembly can be easily removed from one another as best illustrated in Figure 3 for cleansing or replacing, which is necessary in order to meet. the requirements of the healthdepartment. This is avery important featureof our invention.

Another feature of our inventionis illustrated in Figure Zivi/'herein the bowl can be adjusted to any angle in regards to the handle ofthe Scoop byV simply loosening the thumb boltl 9, permitting thetube to be rotated to the desired' position.

In order to permit the ice-cream'to enter the bowl easily, holes 46 are provided as best illus.- trated invFigure 6, passingthrough the ibowl pere mittingthe air toescapeasthe ice creamcomes into -the bowl. When the ice cream has been removed from the container, it can be removed from the bowl by simply starting the motor momentarily-which causes the icecream tn fall` outV of the bowl, although in some cases it will drop out of its own accord.

Referring to Figure 5, we illustrate-howbeaters, scrapers and the like maybe applied to the driving motor 2 by wayof its gear reduction unit 3. The beater is indicated atV 41,' having a. driving shaft 48v operating within a bearing 49; The bearing 49 is maintained on the driving shaft 48 by theY collar 50, the said collar fhavinga cross key-5I; adapted to enter the slot 3,4A of the driving shaft 24, referring tozFigure 7,1.whilethegbearing 49 is adapted to enter the socket 8 and belocked thereinlby the thumb screw 9.

This cuts the iceL What we claim is:

1. An ice cream spoon, comprising a bowl formed with a threaded boss having a central bearing opening, a gear having a hub mounted 5 in the bearing opening, the hub on the gear having a threaded stem, scraper blades mounted on the threaded stem, said blades conforming to and engagng theint'erior walloi'the bowl, a casing screwed* on the tlireadedbess-E on the bowl, the casing having a hollow handle, a, bevelled gear formed with a sleeve provided with a flange, the bevelled gear meshing with the gear mounted on the threaded boss and the sleeve being tted in the hollow handle, the ange on the sleeve tting against the wall of the casing to retain the gears in mesh,the.s1eeve,having a square socket, a shaft mounted in the handle, one end of the shaft being square to t in the square socket, the opposite end of the shaft having a flange to receive a connectiony to operate the shaft,

2. An ice cream. spoon, comprising a bowl-hav;` ing a threadedboss formed with a. centralbearing opening, a gearrhaving a hubmounted inthe. bearing opening, the hub havinga threadedstem, scraper blades threadedonfthe threadedstemto. support the scraperV blades.L andretainthe gear. and its hub in position on the boss,.a:.cutter.at..the. edge of the bowl, the cutterbeing supported-.at the end'srof the scraper blades; an escapaopening; formed in theV topofthe bowl adjacent` the threaded boss, a'casingscr-ewedon the-threaded boss, a hollow handle extending. fromztheasing, a gearfhaving a sleeveonvwhich. is` ai ange.-l the gear engaging the gear'mounted-on theboss, the

flange bearing against a wallof` the-leasing to-rez tain the gears-in mesh, andthe s leeveffittin'gfinthe `hollow handle', a shaftI in thehh'ollow. handle, detachable'V means fonconnecting the handle` to the sleeve. .K

3.. An1ice creamspoon as defined in claim'l 2, wherein the handle'near'one end is 'provided'with a series ofindentations,l a tubular supportttted over the end ofk the-handle'and'a screw on the tubular vsupport toV engagerany one-of' the-indenta-- tionsto change the angular'position-of the bowl with reference to the tubular support.

BERT F: LAWRENCE.

ETHE'L.V LAWRENCE;

50 REFERENCEy Sy The following references are of'record` in the, file of this-patent:

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